- Connections Behavior Planning and Intervention welcomes Kate Grandbois, BCBA, and Abby Cummings, SLP, for an online webinar on intervention strategies for AAC users.
Abstract:
Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to effective, ethical care for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). This presentation will explore strategies for meaningful collaboration between Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to support complex communicators. Attendees will review the role of developmental and communicative norms in clinical decision-making, how those norms are framed through a behavioral lens, and how to align intervention plans with a client’s language profile. Evidence-based strategies for supporting AAC users will be reviewed, with an emphasis on coordinating care to improve outcomes across settings.
About the Presenters:
Kate Grandbois, BCBA: Kate is both a Speech Language Pathologist and a Board Certificated Behavior Analyst with over 15 years of clinical experience working in private practice, outpatient clinics, outpatient hospital settings, and consulting to private schools and legal teams. She specializes in augmentative alternative communication, autism and associated disorders, language development, and integrating AAC into the educational/vocational programming of persons with behavioral needs. Her interests are multidisciplinary treatment, collaboration, mentorship, adult education, and implementation science. She is currently the co-host of the SLP Nerdcast podcast, adjunct faculty at Fitchburg State University, has served as adjunct faculty at Northeastern University, and is the former president and cofounder of The Speech and Language Network, Inc. She has several peer reviewed publications related to management and evidence-based practices and regularly presents at the national level. She is currently a doctoral student pursuing both a PhD and an MBA at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette studying the intersections of business and evidence-based practices.
Abby Cummings, SLP: Abby has 6 years of experience working as a speech language pathologist in early intervention, skilled nursing facilities, and substantially separate school programs. Abby received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Abby’s specialties and interests include supporting individuals who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), articulation and phonological disorders, as well as early language development. Abby has created and offered skilled trainings and materials to providers and community members with a focus on communication partner training and supporting individuals with complex communication needs across environments.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe effective collaboration strategies when working with SLPs to support complex communicators.
- Describe the role that developmental and communicative norms play in clinical decision making when working with AAC users.
- Describe effective and evidence-based intervention strategies when working with AAC users.
CEU’s included, and Cost to Attend:
- 2.0 Learning BACB CEU’s
- $34.00 (CEU’s included in price) Discount for early registration
For questions, challenges with registration, or any other needed information, please contact Dusty, Director of Continuing Education and ACE Coordinator for CBPI, LLC, at continuingeducation@connections-behavior.com.
Connections Behavior Planning & Intervention, LLC, is a BACB-Approved ACE Provider (Provider # OP-17-2781). The BACB does not directly sponsor or endorse this event, its speakers, or its content.
